Service Details
Name:
 BARFORD
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 195959V
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Air School
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Former Regiment:
 South African Police Constable #18575 (Pretoria HQ)
Date of Death:
 1943-08-12
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2367, crashed
Additional
Information:
Son of John Barford and Elizabeth Cornelia (nee Willemse, formerly Barford) Wessels, of 6 Margaret Court, Schoeman Street, Pretoria. Born Cape Town. Educated CBC Pretoria, Mount Edmund.School, Witbank, Transvaal. Commemorated on Defence Force & SA Police WWII Memorials at Union Buildings, Pretoria
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 PRETORIA (REBECCA STREET) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 R.C. "D" Sec. Grave 25242.

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